Big Ben

Product Details

Build the world’s best-known clock tower!

Item

10253

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439

Ages

16+

Pieces

4163

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Get up close to Big Ben! The clock was first started on May 31st 1859, and Big Ben’s first chime rang from the 96-meter Elizabeth Tower on July 11th of the same year. This over 23” (60cm) high LEGO® interpretation of the iconic structure is a tribute to its engineering and architecture. It features a detailed facade with statues, shields and windows, and a clock tower with 4 adjustable clock dials and a removable roof allowing access to the belfry, plus buildable exterior elements including a sidewalk, lawn and a tree depicting the building’s location. This model makes a great display piece for the home or office.

Big Ben features a detailed section of the Westminster Palace and the adjoining Elizabeth Tower, 4 detailed clock dials with movable hour and minutes hands, and a sidewalk, tree and grass area depicting the building’s location.

Rated 4 out of
5 by
Kira84 from
Very brown but very funGot this lovely piece in the black friday sales. The box it comes in is huge! There are 7 steps to this model and all but 1 are the basically the same thing. Like the Taj Mahal, this gets very repetative. Ive made 1 or 2 mistakes but compared to the bucket excavator thats nothing!
As always the instructions are easy to follow and building it has been a lot of fun. If you love your architectures this is perfect for you.
Im going to invest in some mini led lights to put along the front to light it up, if lego are reading this it would be cool if they included some for the clock face itself. Just like the real thing!
This doesnt get the full 5 bricks as there was a piece missing. However the replacement part was free it was just annoying staring at a half finished set for days.
You definitly get value for money with this one. Over 4000 pieces for this price is excellent. There are sets on here which cost more but get less pieces.
If you get a chance to buy this then do it!

Date published: 2017-12-06

Rated 5 out of
5 by
treblecleft23 from
Challenging but fun!This LEGO set is what I receive for Christmas and I can tell you that it is amazing to do! The instructions are easy to follow and the way that the pieces are separated in different bags made my building experience a whole lot easier! I recommend this set to anyone who has a love for all things England and want a wow factor once built!!

Date published: 2018-01-03

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Marchew84 from
Brilliant SetThe appeal of this set (whilst outside of my usual Lego Star Wars preference) was based on the Expert level and the amazing price point per piece. This actually led me to calling up the lego store weeks in advance trying in vain to reserve a set as I was sure they would sell out quickly.
I wasn't disappointed! I bought the set on 15th June and rushed home to put it together. It was a very fiddly build with a lot of small pieces and I would advise enthusiasts to take their time with the build and ensure alignment of the small pieces (like the small tooth-like caps) so that the finished build is as perfect as possible.
Pros-
Price for a 4k+ piece set
Level of building complexity
Attention to detail (the minifig statues and golden flowers especially)
Cons-
Would have been nice if the rear of the set matched the front (if only for a more complex build and different display options)
The clock turning mechanism could be a little smoother - If Lego had thought to add a working clock addition to this as an optional extra then I bet every purchaser would buy it!)
The change in recent years of the green baseplate colour kinda ruins the base as it is the luminous green now used so doesn't accurately reflect what grass would look like
Summary-
Awesome set and a very enjoyable build. Good pricepoint and, if I compare to the Taj Mahal, whilst it isn't the biggest set released by lego it is a lot more attractive as a model.
The set is huge! A great display piece but certainly not a plaything (fine by me).

Date published: 2016-06-20

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Adambrick123 from
Beautiful and challenging, but also repetitive.I felt I had to include the repetitive part in my title. A previous review said this model has "almost no repetition" which is a completely false statement.
If anything, like the tower bridge, this model is extremely repetitive, to the point where I was batch building the same assets over and over (see pics)
However, that's not a bad thing, with a little patience it's totally worth it for the end result. I don't think I own a more detailed, beautiful model. If I step back a couple of meters it almost doesn't look like it's Lego. It's comprised mainly of smaller pieces, so expect a fiddly, challenging build, but a rewarding one.